Saturday Night Live has become a staple for many viewers. Thanks to the magic of YouTube, fans no longer have to stay up late on a Saturday night to watch the show and it’s also making it easier for fans to share some of their favorite segments from the show. The show celebrated it’s 40th Anniversary in February with a special show featuring returning cast members and celebrity guests such as Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon. We decided to compile 30 SNL Quotes and Signature Catchphrases to continue to celebrate the 40th anniversary year of SNL.
The show has been pretty vital in some of the top comedians such as Jon Lovitz, Dana Carvey, Bill Hader, Tracy Morgan, Amy Poehler and Fred Armisen just to name a few. Younger celebrity guests like Justin Timberlake added their own legacy to the show with memorable appearances. Timberlake for instance, combined his comedic side and musical talent to bring a tone of amazing sketches to the table including, “Homelessville,” the one that started it all for him.
The show is still going strong after all 40 years and it is continuing to transcend generation after generation. The mixture of improvisations and sketches from Lorne Michaels remain constant after all of these years. Our list contains a few catchphrases along with quotes from some of the featured guests and stars. Check out our 30 SNL Quotes and Signature Catchphrases below.
“I am Hans, und I am Frans, and we just want to pump…you up!”
“For my first show at ‘SNL’, I wrote a Bill Clinton sketch, and during our read-through, it wasn’t getting any laughs. This weight of embarrassment came over me, and I felt like I was sweating from my spine out. But I realized, ‘Okay, that happened, and I did not die.’ You’ve got to experience failure to understand that you can survive it.” – Tina Fey
“I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell”
“I went to Second City, where you learned to make the other actor look good so you looked good and National Lampoon, where you had to create everything out of nothing, and SNL, where you couldn’t make any mistakes, and you learned what collaboration was.” – Bill Murray
“No one can resist my Schweddy Balls.”
“Yeah, that’s the ticket.”
“Beisbol been bery, bery good to me!”
“A lot of the motivation for doing the ‘Make ‘Em Laugh’ on SNL was because I had just finished shooting ‘Inception,’ where there were zero-gravity scenes and I got into really good shape and was training and did all these stunts. Coming off of that, that instilled me with the confidence to do ‘Make ‘Em Laugh.'” – Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“I’m Chevy Chase and you’re not.”
“Now is the time on Sprockets when we dance.”
“I was always self-conscious about the fact that I didn’t have as much comedy experience as other people at ‘SNL,’ and I kept thinking they were going to realize they’d made a mistake by hiring me.” – Bill Hader
“Sometimes, when I get nervous, I put my fingers under my arms, and then smell them like this…”
“We are two wild and crazy guys!”
“I got invited to the Playboy Mansion with the Lonely Island guys after their first season on ‘SNL,’ and I sat in the corner drinking coffee and talking to Akiva Schaffer about what aspect ratio he was going to shoot ‘Hot Rod’ in. Like, that’s what we talk about.” – Bill Hader
“I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and doggone it, people like me.”
“For those of you who don’t ‘habla espanol,’ El Nino is Spanish for…the nino.”
“I live in a van down by the river!”
“Even before I got on ‘SNL’ I assumed I would do some type of sitcom; I kind of thought that was how I would start. I don’t mean to sound arrogant – I just thought I would be best suited to the form.” – Casey Wilson
“You can’t-a have-a de Mango!”
“Both conservatives and liberals watch ‘Parks and Recreation,’ and they each think the show is for them, which is really cool. ‘SNL’ was totally different. It was exciting because everyone was paying attention. Political humor works when people know what you’re talking about.” – Amy Poehler
“I’m getting a little verclempt. Talk amongst yourselves!”
“New York’s hottest club is…”
“At ‘SNL’ there’s framed pictures of all the cast members, and it starts with Dan Aykroyd. It’s linear. It just keeps going through all these people, and then you’re at the end of it.” – Fred Armisen
“You look mah-velous.”
“I’m Brian Fellows.”
“WELL, ISN’T THAT SPECIAL?”
“When I was in high school I was a really huge ‘SNL’ fan. I remember the cast around the time I started watching it – Will Ferrell, Ana Gasteyer, Molly Shannon, Cheri O’Teri, Tracy Morgan. I did research to find out how people got on the show. Their bios always said they came from an improv team, so I started taking classes.” – Aubrey Plaza
“PARTY ON!”
“In my experience, ‘SNL’ has Lorne Michaels, who is, you know, the captain of the ship and gives the show direction and a singular focus, whereas ‘MadTV’ – even in my 13 episodes there – had maybe one too many cooks and was a bit more chaotic creatively.” – Taran Killam
“What ‘SNL’ taught me that was useful on ‘The Watch’ was, only put in bad words if they can get a laugh – there was no need for swear words and beeps in places that weren’t necessary. Those beeps should only be in there when they mean something and it’s important to the joke.” – Akiva Schaffer